It’s a big Lost reunion. Former Lost co-star Josh Holloway has signed on as the lead in Colony, the USA Network drama pilot from Lost executive producer/showrunner Carlton Cuse. Additionally, Argentinian director Juan José Campanella, foreign language Oscar winner for The Secret In Their Eyes, is set to helm the pilot.

A co-production between Legendary Television and Universal Cable Prods., Colony is written and executive produced by Cuse and Ryan Condal (Hercules). It is a family drama/thriller about life in Los Angeles after a mysterious “foreign” occupation. Holloway will play the main character, Will Bowman, a former FBI agent who — to protect his family — is forced to collaborate with the occupational government to bring down the growing resistance movement inside the Los Angeles colony.

This marks a coup for Colony as Holloway had been offered a couple of a dozen pilots since the end of Lost in 2010, and this is only the second that he has agreed to do. The first, CBS’ Intelligence, went to series, in part based on his appeal as a leading man. Probably helping Colony’s case was the fact that Cuse and WME-repped Holloway worked great together on Lost, becoming good friends during the filming of the hit ABC drama.

Love Josh Holloway! But how can an occupation be “mysterious.” Not Dharma Initiative all over again?

cj • on Sep 26, 2014 3:07 pm

Meh. Could go either way. He is so much more talented that the roles he gets/projects he picks. I think he is scared to go for high concept, sci fi type material after Lost. and he needs a new agent. He killed it in MI4 in such a brief part. Think about it, he opened the film so if he wasn’t so watchable it would have damaged MI4.

valmurph • on Sep 27, 2014 7:26 am

He should be doing the Rockford Files instead of Vaughn

Anonymous • on Oct 9, 2014 8:42 pm

he should be cast as Snake Plisken in the “Escape from New York” remake. You’re welcome Hollywood.